UG I YR- FC
UG I Year (BA/ BSc/ BCom) Foundation Course (English)
Session 2025-26
Unit II: Comprehension Skills
1. Reading Techniques: Skimming, Scanning
2. Identifying the Main Idea and Theme
3. Making Inferences and Drawing Conclusions
4. Analysing unseen passages on Indian history, society, and art.
Keywords - Inference, Main Idea, Theme, Tone, Purpose, Context Clues, Summary, Paraphrasing, Critical Reading.
Activity:
Worksheets with unseen passages followed by questions on comprehension, vocabulary, and inference. Summarizing articles from newspapers or magazines on cultural or social issues in India
Unit III: Basic Language Skills Grammar
1. Parts of Speech
2. Articles
3. Subject-Verb Agreement
4. Tenses and their application
Vocabulary:
1. Synonyms, Antonyms, Homonyms, and Homophones
2. One-word substitutes
3. Word formation: Suffixes and Prefixes
Keywords - Tense, Agreement, Clause, Phrase, Synonym, Antonym, Prefix, Suffix.
Activity:
4. Grammar exercises (fill-in-the-blanks, error correction, sentence transformation).
5. Vocabulary-building games and quizzes.
Unit IV: Writing Skills
1. The Writing Process: Pre-writing, Drafting, Revising, and Editing.
2. Paragraph Writing: Structure, Topic Sentence, and Coherence.
3. Letter writing: Formal/Informal
Keywords: Cohesion, Coherence, Topic Sentence, Drafting, Revising, Editing.
Activity:
1. Paragraph on given topics (e.g., "My Favourite Indian Festival," or "The Importance of Technology in Modern India").
2. Letter / Application writing exercises
3. Essay Writing on contemporary relevant issues.
Unit V: Situational Conversation- Context, Audience, Purpose, Type, Register
1. Meeting/Greeting - Introducing Self; Introducing people to one another
2. Apologies/Responses
3. Enquiring about a Course/ Requesting Information
4. Agreeing/Disagreeing (with a Proposal)
Keywords - Register, Tone, Style, Audience, Purpose, Context, Etiquette, Persuasion.
Activity: 1. Introducing and Greeting (e.g., formal business meeting, college orientation, conference with a guest speaker, informal club gathering).
2. Debate - Agreeing & Disagreeing with Proposals - such as: "The college 1. Tagore, should make attendance optional for lectures.”
External Assessment:
Exam Duration - 02 Hours
Section A - Very Short Questions (50 words): 5x4=20
Section B- Short Questions (200 words) 5 questions: 5x10=20
Section C- Long Answer Questions (400 words) Two Questions to be attempted out of 4 questions: 2x15=30
Course Title: English Language and Indian Culture
Course Type: AEC Ability Enhancement Course (English Language)
Credit Value: 02
Total Marks: Max Marks – 100; Min. passing Marks – 35; Exam Duration - 02 Hours
Content of the Course
Unit I: Understanding Indian Culture
1. Rabindranath Tagore - Where the mind is without fear
2. Swami Vivekananda - Chicago Speech (1893)
3. R K Narayan - Astrologer's Day
4. Introduction to Sundarkand of Valmiki's Ramayan
5. A.L Basham: The wonder that was India (an excerpt)
Keywords: Heritage, Diversity, Pluralism, Values, Patriotism, Spirituality. Humanism, Social Harmony, Tradition, Modernity.
Activity:
Group Discussion on theme - fearless thinking & nationalism" (Tagore), "religious harmony & tolerance" (Vivekananda), "social observations" (R.K. Narayan).
Creative Expression - Poster or Collage on "What Indian culture means to me,"
A short presentation on a specific cultural aspect of the students' home state (e.g., a festival, a craft, a local custom).
Course Type: AEC Ability Enhancement Course (English Language)
Credit Value: 02
Total Marks: Max Marks – 100; Min. passing Marks – 35; Exam Duration - 02 Hours
Content of the Course
Unit I: Understanding Indian Culture
1. Rabindranath Tagore - Where the mind is without fear
2. Swami Vivekananda - Chicago Speech (1893)
3. R K Narayan - Astrologer's Day
4. Introduction to Sundarkand of Valmiki's Ramayan
5. A.L Basham: The wonder that was India (an excerpt)
Keywords: Heritage, Diversity, Pluralism, Values, Patriotism, Spirituality. Humanism, Social Harmony, Tradition, Modernity.
Activity:
Group Discussion on theme - fearless thinking & nationalism" (Tagore), "religious harmony & tolerance" (Vivekananda), "social observations" (R.K. Narayan).
Creative Expression - Poster or Collage on "What Indian culture means to me,"
A short presentation on a specific cultural aspect of the students' home state (e.g., a festival, a craft, a local custom).
Unit II: Comprehension Skills
1. Reading Techniques: Skimming, Scanning
2. Identifying the Main Idea and Theme
3. Making Inferences and Drawing Conclusions
4. Analysing unseen passages on Indian history, society, and art.
Keywords - Inference, Main Idea, Theme, Tone, Purpose, Context Clues, Summary, Paraphrasing, Critical Reading.
Activity:
Worksheets with unseen passages followed by questions on comprehension, vocabulary, and inference. Summarizing articles from newspapers or magazines on cultural or social issues in India
Unit III: Basic Language Skills Grammar
1. Parts of Speech
2. Articles
3. Subject-Verb Agreement
4. Tenses and their application
Vocabulary:
1. Synonyms, Antonyms, Homonyms, and Homophones
2. One-word substitutes
3. Word formation: Suffixes and Prefixes
Keywords - Tense, Agreement, Clause, Phrase, Synonym, Antonym, Prefix, Suffix.
Activity:
4. Grammar exercises (fill-in-the-blanks, error correction, sentence transformation).
5. Vocabulary-building games and quizzes.
Unit IV: Writing Skills
1. The Writing Process: Pre-writing, Drafting, Revising, and Editing.
2. Paragraph Writing: Structure, Topic Sentence, and Coherence.
3. Letter writing: Formal/Informal
Keywords: Cohesion, Coherence, Topic Sentence, Drafting, Revising, Editing.
Activity:
1. Paragraph on given topics (e.g., "My Favourite Indian Festival," or "The Importance of Technology in Modern India").
2. Letter / Application writing exercises
3. Essay Writing on contemporary relevant issues.
Unit V: Situational Conversation- Context, Audience, Purpose, Type, Register
1. Meeting/Greeting - Introducing Self; Introducing people to one another
2. Apologies/Responses
3. Enquiring about a Course/ Requesting Information
4. Agreeing/Disagreeing (with a Proposal)
Keywords - Register, Tone, Style, Audience, Purpose, Context, Etiquette, Persuasion.
Activity: 1. Introducing and Greeting (e.g., formal business meeting, college orientation, conference with a guest speaker, informal club gathering).
2. Debate - Agreeing & Disagreeing with Proposals - such as: "The college 1. Tagore, should make attendance optional for lectures.”
External Assessment:
Exam Duration - 02 Hours
Section A - Very Short Questions (50 words): 5x4=20
Section B- Short Questions (200 words) 5 questions: 5x10=20
Section C- Long Answer Questions (400 words) Two Questions to be attempted out of 4 questions: 2x15=30